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IMPROVED Duerme-BRUSH.

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Be it known that I, CLARK D. DAY, of Ghathani,in the county of Middlesex, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shoe-Brushes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,- reference being had to 'the accompanying drawings, and to the lefgters of reference `marked thereon, making a part of this specication.

As is well known, an ordinary brush for applying blocking to boots and shoes is generally made'to consist of two separate brushes, setA upon oppositie sides of'a dat piece of wood or other proper material for a base,

whichbase is usually about veeighths (g) of an inch thiol-i, from tivo (2) to'two andone-half (2%) inches-wide,y

and about seven (7) inches long, rounded at the-ends.V The brush set upon one side, usually called the top, is of a circular form, about two inches in' diametelset at one end of the base, and is.used.for taking up the "blacking from the `box or other receptacle, and `applying it to the boot or shoe, while the other side of the base is usually entirely set with brush, and is usedfor polishing vthe shoe after the b lacking is applied.

, The small-round brush is subjected 'to uiueh severer use than thepolishingebrush, and generally becomes unfit for use long-before the polishing-brush.

Myimproved brush differs very little in general appearance from the ordinary brush.

My improvement consists in making the round or taking-up brushl movable, so that when unfit for use it can be removed,'and replacedA by a duplicate, and thus at a much .less cost than that of a-whole new brush, while it will perforrn its work as lwell as an entirely new article.

represents thevsma-llround' takir1g-up brush attached to its movable base.

b-represents the'polishingfbrush, attached to its base. l i

c is a strap, of metalorfwood, running'around ono end 4of the whole brush, and fastened to the base of the I olishinU-brush b nails' oi screws.

el is a screw, working inistrapp.' l Y It will be seen, upon'inspectifon of the drawings, 'that the portion oft cut exray,A surrounded by the strap c,

{urnishesa socket, into which -tsthe-base of the'round brush a,`which said base is firmly secured in its place by driving in the screw ol, which talies hold upon And it will be readily understood that when the round brush is worn out, by loosening the screw d, it can be taken out and replaced by a new duplicate..

'I expressly disclaim a removable and detachable taking-up brush, as that is old; but

'lhe'combination ofthe smaller brush a, fitting into the socket I), with the strap c and set-screw d. y

' CLARK D. DAY.

Witnesses Geenen G. SILL,

WM. W. HYDE. 

